Netzkraft Movement

Hatemalo - Hand in Hand für Nepal e.V.

Rheinbacher Straße 26
53115 Bonn
Germany

Contact person: Michael Lüdeke


michael.luedeke@hatemalo.de
http://www.hatemalo.de

Topics

  • Aid for developing countries
  • Social policy/disabled persons
  • Aid organization
  • Volunteers are welcome.

About us

We strive to enable disadvantaged children and families in Nepal to provide for themselves and build an independent existence. Our goal is not only to alleviate their immediate suffering, but to contribute to their development as educated, self-confident, and socially engaged personalities. It is only then that they can contribute to change in their society.

Hatemalo is Nepalese for hand in hand. We have chosen hands as our logo as we believe in making change happen and not just talking about it. For that we need to work together with the Nepalese people - hand in hand rather than external support. Our help is directed at children who fight for survival at the fringes of society:

Imprisoned children: Many Nepalese are sent to prison following theft or other minor crimes they commit to survive. Their children have the choice to live on the street or follow them into prison. Many of them join their parents in their cells, where they are locked up in a tiny space until their parents are released.

Circus children: These Nepalese children - many of them from deprived families - were abducted by child traffickers when they were five to nine years of age. They were sold off to Indian circusses where they were held like animals, exploited, and abused. Most of them are severely traumatised.

Disabled children: Many Nepalese children with physical or mental disabilities lead their lives as outcasts. They are locked up or stigmatised and mistreated as "village idiots". Due to their handicap, their social environment ignores and segregates them. Consequently, there are hardly any schools or other training opportunities open to them.

Slum children: We can hardly imagine the living conditions of these children. Most of them collect food leftovers to survive. Their families are too poor to feed all of their kids. Hardly any of them go to school.

Our goal is to free the children from their immediate suffering and then provide them and their relatives with the means to build up an independent existence within their social environment. To achieve this goal:

• We plan rescue operations to free children from Indian circuses. So far, we have freed more than 300 children;
• We accommodate 130 children in our children's homes (mainly prison children, circus children, and slum children) providing emotional and educational support until they are strong enough to stand on their own feet;
• We support schools - including a school for deaf children and a school for mentally disabled children. We contribute to pay for teachers, books, the building of classrooms, scholarship for disadvantaged children, and school buses, to name a few;
• We condcut, with the support of our Nepalese partner organisation, awareness training to those living in rural areas who are affected by problems such as child trafficking;
• We offer free occupational training, e. g. to become a sewer, potter, or mosaic artist;
• We provide microloans to those starting their own businesses.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work..

'Einstein' beim Lernen in der Sonne - Unser Ziel ist es, allen Kindern den Zugang zu Bildung zu ermöglichen.
Gruppenfoto vor dem blauen Haus in Bhairawa.
Kleiner Mann mit großem Appetit: Santosh zeigt uns stolz seinen Teller nach dem Essen.
Vor der Zuflucht in Hetauda: die Zirkusmädchen haben Ihr Sonntagskleid angelegt und sagen DANKE für ein Kreativpaket, das aus Deutschland eingetroffen ist.
Laxmi, Kalpana und Sarda beim Singen an Holi, dem fest der Farben. Wenn man sie so fröhlich sieht, fällt es noch schwerer, sich vorzustellen, was sie alles durchgemacht haben...
Viele Dorfschulen haben kaum Klassenräume; einige wie dieses ohne Fenster und Bänke: 50-70 Kinder drängen sich auf dem Boden.
Schüler einer Taubstummen-Schule, von denen es nur eine Handvoll in Nepal gibt. Über unsere Schwesterorganisation in Nepal unterstützen wir Kinder mit Stipendien und finanzieren eine Lehrerin, die selbst taubstumm ist.
Alle auf einmal! Schüler kommunizieren mit Philip, der die Schule hin und wieder besucht, um sich mit eigenen Augen zu überzeugen, dass die Spenden ankommen, wo sie hin sollen.
Die Kinder wachsen in dürftig zusammengeflickten „Hütten“ auf. Der Boden besteht aus Schlamm oder Lehm. Die Väter des Dorfes sind oft betrunken und schlagen ihre Kinder und Frauen. Viele Kinder wirken „gebrochen“.
Eine der zahlreichen Sammelaktionen, die Hatemalo bereits durchgeführt hat: der Kölner Brückenlauf, an dem sich mehrere Firmen und viele Freunde beteiligt und sich für unsere Projekte sponsern lassen haben.